These sweet little Mice Munchies just might be too cute to eat.
Preschoolers aren’t always interested in eating healthy snacks, but with their chocolate chip eyes and red licorice tails, these fruit and cheese mice may be difficult for your little one to resist!
But beware! After you’re done creating this fun snack, you might have to abandon the “don’t play with your food” rule. These adorable and edible vermin are just begging to be played with.
And be sure to check out all the snacks in my ABC Snacks Series. Our snack series has more than fifty alphabet-inspired snacks for you to enjoy with your preschooler.
Mice Munchies
Here’s what you’ll need to make three mice munchies:
- 3 large fresh strawberries
- 9 miniature chocolate chips
- 6 almond slivers
- 3 red licorice strings
- 1 ounce cheese, any variety, cut into triangle shapes
Directions:
- Slice a sliver off the side of each strawberry so they will sit flat on a plate.
- Press one chocolate chip nose into each strawberry.
- Press two chocolate chip eyes into each strawberry.
- Insert two slivered or sliced almond ears into each strawberry.
- Arrange strawberries on a plate. Place one licorice string tail behind each mouse.
- Arrange cheese shapes around the plate—after all, your mice deserve a snack, too!
Teaching Tips
- While you’re munching on mice, say /m/–/m/–mice munchies together.
- Form the letter M out of licorice strings while you work on your mice together.
- Read a sweet fable of friendship in Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse.
- Download ABC Snacks: Tips for Working on Pre-Reading Skills for more teaching tips.
Want More Snacks that Start with M?
For snacks that start with M and many more, get the entire series of ABC Snacks Cookbooks with more than 40 snack recipes for your preschoolers!
Photo credit: Trynai Braselman at Homeschooled Living
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